Seninul întortocheat al cerului:cromatică, istorie şi cultură (I)

Andi MIHALACHE

DOI: 10.47743/asui-2025-0001

Abstract: Travel is that somewhere into which you have recently stumbled, and which gives you further reasons to stay, though you are the one who would rather not linger there. The Earth beneath your feet is your best friend: it carries you across its entire length. It takes you everywhere with it, towards all its widths. Otherwise, you could never find yourself again: flying with your knees up to your chest is less than ideal. The Earth has guided your steps since you can remember, to keep you daily in the sunlight, may it be always visible or, at times, barely there. So do not rush. The world is left speechless if your eyes are too inquisitive. What matters is not to lose sight of humankind’s oldest aspirations: overcoming oneself; the desire to reclaim a place in heaven – a place that was once ours, yet we took it for granted. Whatever we may claim, the journey always has a will of its own. It follows its own non-negotiable path. It directs us towards that which we did not know we desired. And a traveller, even if willing, does not become one with the journey. He accompanies it and adapts to it, hoping that, at least sometimes, the journey might ask his opinion. It is not the case. Therefore, people are compelled to do what they hate the most: hesitate, deliberate, choose, and decide. Is the sky capable of having a history? Perhaps only the history of how human beings have struggled in so many ways to glimpse its mysteries century after century. This study aims to address, in part, these uncertainties.

Keywords: travel; imaginary; ascension; blue; sky; center.